Homeless Resource Centre

Urban homelessness is one the fastest growing issues in the developing world. The Census of India defines the homeless as ‘those living without a roof’ using housing quality as the main criteria for this assertion. Homeless is India fall below those living in slums and mostly constitute of transitional, migrant and unemployed people of society. Poverty and vulnerability often strengthen homeless situation.

While estimates suggest that more than 1,00,000 people in Delhi are homeless, the existing shelters in Delhi accommodated only around 10,000 homeless. Homeless constitute one of the most socio-economically vulnerable sections of urban society and societal stigma further aggravates this condition. Given the lack of permanent or temporary shelters for the homeless, urban space becomes the necessary setting for their lives.

Humana People to people India, in collaboration with Samajik Suvidha Sangam (Mission Convergence), Government of Delhi aims for social improvement of homeless citizens of Delhi through their Homeless Resource Centre Project (HRC) in East and North East Delhi. The project lays emphasis on homeless site mapping, designing and providing sustainable, timely interventions for their social and economic upliftment.

HPPI’s Homeless Resource Centre works in the following areas of homeless development intervention:

Night Rescue: To carry out the night rescue operations from 10 pm to 4 am during winter and scout for people spending nights on the roads, unguarded against the dropping temperatures. These people are taken to the shelters and facilitated with immediate medical care if necessary

Education: Educate homeless children through non formal educational classes and special training centres under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and conduct adult literacy classes for men and women at shelters

Skill development and Livelihood: Work side by side with the aim to ensure sustainable growth by empowering homeless people through skill training and vocational training programs which enables a steady source of income for their families

Convergence with Government schemes: Facilitate merging with government schemes and policies for marginalized homeless people, procuring ID cards, voter cards.

The project has reached over 25,000 people with direct relief assistance and benefitted 1900 people through 4 night shelters in Delhi. It has aided treatment of 18,110 people through health camps and reached out to 643 children and 251 adults through various literacy programs. 4259 people have also benefitted from assistance in procuring universal ID cards and voter ID cards.

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About HPPI

Humana People to People India is a development organization registered as a not-for-profit company under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 as of 21st May 1998. It is a non-political, non-religious organization. Its mission is to unite with people in India in order to create development in the broadest sense through the implementation of the projects that aim at transferring knowledge, skills and capacity to individuals and communities who need assistance to come out of poverty and other dehumanizing conditions.

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